Life

Step 1.

Understand God’s purposes—peace and eternal life

God loves you and wants you to experience peace and eternal, fulfilling life.

The Bible says…

“We have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.” Romans 5:1

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16

“I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.” John 10:10

Why don’t most people have this peace and the fulfilling (abundant)

life that God intended for us to have?

Step 2.

Admit the problem—our sin and separation

God did not create us like robots to automatically love and mechanically obey him. God gave us a will and the freedom to choose.

The first man and woman chose to disobey God and go their own willful way. And we still make that choice today.

This results in separation from God

The Bible says…

“There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.” Proverbs 14:12

No bridge reaches God… except one.

The Bible says…

“For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” Romans 3:23

“For the wages of sin is death.” Romans 6:23

People have tried many ways to bridge this gap between themselves and God.

Step 3.

Discover God’s bridge—the cross

Jesus Christ died on the cross

and rose from the grave

Though He was God’s sinless Son,

He became a human, took our place, and paid the penalty

for our sin, bridging the gap between

God and us.

The Bible says…

“For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.”1 Timothy 2:5

“Christ… suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God.” 1 Peter 3:18

“God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us… the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”Romans 5:8, 3:23

The Bible says…

“Christ died for our sins… he was buried… he was raised on the third day.” 1 Corinthians 15:3-4

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. John 5:24

God has provided the only way to forgiveness of sin and eternal life. But each person must make a choice.

Step 4

Embrace the truth—receive Christ

We must trust Jesus Christ as our Savior and receive him by personal choice.

Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. John 14:1

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: John 1:12፤

The Bible says…

“I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” John 14:6

“Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me.” Revelation 3:20

“To all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.” John 1:12

“Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life.” John 3:36

What is your decision?

Will you receive Jesus Christ right now and trust in him alone for forgiveness and eternal life?

The Bible says that’s the only way to find peace with God! 

. Admit your need—that you are a sinner in need of God’s forgiveness.

. Be willing to turn from trusting in anything else for eternal life and trust only in Christ.

. Believe that Jesus Christ died for you on the cross, came back to life from the grave, and is your only way to heaven.

 Accept Jesus

 Offer to forgive your sins and come into your life as your Savior.

Dear Jesus, thank you for making it possible for me to find peace with God!

I believe that when you died you were paying the penalty for my sins.

I now receive you into my life as my Savior, 

so I can have forgiveness and never-ending life from God!

Thank you for the gift of eternal life!

In Jesus name Amen!

The Bible says…

“ For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” Romans 10:13

“Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8:9“Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:  Romans 5:1

He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. john 5:12

These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.1 john 5:13

.Isn’t it amazing that we human beings can have God’s divine life and be His children? What wonderful things happened to us when we were saved!

.For all eternity we’ll thank the Lord Jesus for dying on the cross for us so we could be forgiven and washed of our sins.

.We’re so thankful we’re no longer under God’s condemnation and headed for eternal punishment.

.  But we thank God that His salvation goes even further. We were born of the Spirit and in this spirit! We have the life of God and everlasting life.